Question: Recently Theresa May became UK’s second-ever female Prime Minister. Who is the first female Prime Minister of UK?
(a) Teresa May
(b) Margaret Thatcher
(c) Andrea Leadsom
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 13 July 2016 Conservative party leader Theresa May became Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
- She is second-ever female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher.
- She succeeds David Cameron, who had resigned in the wake of Brexit referendum.
- Margaret Thatcher was the female Prime Ministerof United Kingdom, she was in office from 1979-1990.
Reference:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/07/13/cameron-gets-standing-ovation-in-warm-send-off-from-parliament.html\
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/13/europe/theresa-may-david-cameron-british-prime-minister/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/world/europe/david-cameron-theresa-may-prime-minister.html?_r=0